| web zine | https://the-counterforce.org |
| print zine | anywhere you print it out |
| Signal | counterforce.99 |
| the-counterforce // @ // riseup.net |
In 2025, @The_Counterforce received over 70 demos for the second edition of DEMO FEST. A fundraiser for Solidarity Across Borders, a Montreal-based migrant justice network.
A way to encourage punks to finish new recordings in the fall, giving all of us the gift of fresh noise as we enter the darkest and coldest months of winter.
We listened to every demo and made our picks. We picked the earworms, mind-smashers, and gut-driven anthems.
“Antipode” Vol. II: Open Call for Contributions
“Antipode” is an ongoing zinebook series documenting punk, hardcore, and DIY culture through the voices of the people who build these scenes.
Vol. II continues the focus on SWANA while expanding toward South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a release planned for Oct 1, 2026 alongside a compilation and launch shows.
Bands, zines, collectives, labels, DIY spaces, and individuals are invited to contribute texts, interviews, archives, visuals, or scene reports.
Contact:
[email protected]
Deadline: April 20, 2026
the open call is also published on our website with more information.
Added the newest MRR Reviews Digest zine (from February):
It's another Bandcamp Friday, so why not another rundown of records from the ever-growing listening pile?
Who wants to share (a) decent zine(s) on putting on a music show for one's first time?
Bonus if it has details on fundraiser shows and touches on potential hostile venues/door-attendees.
(@'ing is welcome)
🙏
On this week’s MRR Radio, Cary plays a small sampling of the underground scene in Kentucky and Ohio (and of course a sprinkling of Tennessee)
DIY Solidarity is open for applications March 1–31, 2026.
DIY Solidarity is a project that allows us to redistribute funds among DIY communities to challenge at least some of the injustices created by a global economic order that is completely out of balance.
It means that, every year, we have some funds available to support DIY projects built entirely on participant involvement and community support. No state funding, no corporate sponsorship, no NGO backing.
The project grew out of an inheritance that was consciously redirected back into the DIY scene. Since 2024, we’ve approached it as a practical tool for redistribution: moving resources from those who have had relatively easier access to them to communities and projects that need them more. We aim to spread what’s available across a range of initiatives, including bands and venues, zine makers and distros, festivals and gatherings, social centers, squats, rural communities and living spaces.
Applications are open through March 31. Previous recipients can apply again, but priority will generally be given to new projects.
Apply to get funding or learn more at https://diysolidarity.org
DIY Conspiracy
buttercup
el Sombr@
Another Subculture
no more strolls for empresses
Maximum Rocknroll